[2] You said that Christianity didn't
fit, but many people believe Christ existed and married and had children. He had
another life as Yuz As or Issa and was a student of Buddhism and lived in India,
could be true?! I like the re-wroking of Christ to be a real man who had sex and
desires, the bible is a sanitized biography, and we should never think that is
the whole story.

[3] As
a pagan I am interested in other links within the film, such as Odin who hung
upside down on the tree of knowledge (Oak) for 3 days and nights to learn the
runes. The runes were a way of communication and devination which Neo learned
the modern day equivilent for IE code. Odins story of sacrifice to gain knowledge
is paralleled often, we see it in Christs life as well.

[4]
Pagans accept their Gods and Goddesses to be strong and sexual, I can't think
of any specific ones at present, but Neos desires are not against pagan thought.

[5]
There is also a pagan tradition of sacrifice, each year the Oak and Holly King
kill each other on the dates of the Solstice. Only one can reign over the year
at any one time. The Sun God dies and is re-born every Yule (22 December). Kings
are sacrificed each year to feed the land. Neo must sacrifice to save his land
at the end of the film.

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